CLARKCOUNTY, ILLINOIS MILITARY DATABASERemember
our Clark County patriots. Some lie in national cemeteries. Some sleep
in hometown graves. Some never made it home. But all have
something in common. They made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our
country, our
freedom
and our quality of life.

Organized
at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., and mustered in October
25, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 11-17, 1862. Attached to
Reserve
Brigade, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee,
to December, 1862. District of Memphis, 16th Army Corps, to March,
1863.
2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to
July. 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps. Dept. of the
Tennessee,
to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864.
Defenses
of New Orleans, La., to January, 1865. Consolidated with 77th Illinois
Infantry January 25, 1865. Regiment revived June 23, 1865. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West
Mississippi,
to August, 1865.

SERVICE
- Duty at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn., till March 27. 1863.
Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March 27-31, and duty there till April
25.
Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of
Magnolia
Hills, Port Gibson, May 1. Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River
Bridge
May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.. May 18 - July 4. Assaults on
Vicksburg
May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson
July
10-17. Reconnaissance to Pearl River July 11. Camp at Big Black till
August
13. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13, and duty there till
October.
Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 30. At New Iberia till
December 6. Moved to New Orleans, thence to Pass Cavallo, Texas,
December
6-20, and duty there till February, 1864. Reconnaissance on Matagorda
Peninsula
January 21. Moved to Algiers, thence to Franklin, La. Red River
Campaign
March 10 - May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria, La.. March
14-26.
Bayou De Paul, Carroll's Mills, April 8. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads
April
8. Regiment mostly captured at Sabine Cross Roads and confined at
Tyler,
Texas, 13 months. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20, Garrison duty at New
Orleans,
La., June, 1864, to January, 1865. With 77th Illinois Infantry in
Campaign
against Mobile and its defenses February to April. Siege of Spanish
Fort
and Fort Blakely March 26 - April 9. Assault and capture of Fort
Blakely
April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Expedition to Tombigbee River
and
McIntosh Bluffs April 13 - May 9. At Mobile till July. Regiment
reorganized
at Mobile July 11, 1865.

Ordered
to New Orleans and mustered out August 15, 1865.

Regiment
lost during service 2 Officers and 18 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 153 Enlisted men by disease. Total
177.

Letter written to the Flag of the Union Newspaper (1861-1864, Clark Co,
IL)
[After the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, LA., 1864)

Editor "Flag"--Being about the only one left of Co. K to tell thestory, and desiring as much as possible to avoid a repetition of sounpleasant a duty, I will furnish for the information of your readersgenerally, and especially the relations of members of my compnay, thefollowing brief statement.........Our Regt. was in the first line ofbattle on 8th inst. The company went in with 48 men, 14 of whom wereassigned to us from Co. G. Our morning report in the morning of the6th shows the following: